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245 reviews

Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I love a book that has me falling in love with the 'villain'. Are they a villain? Hero? Morally Gray? Simply flawed and human? Steep it in indigenous culture with a dash of high fantasy and you have the recipe for a great book. 

Finding Me by Viola Davis

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

Potions & Pints by S.R. Meadows

funny hopeful lighthearted tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Icarus by K. Ancrum

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This is both a modern retelling and not and no I will not elaborate because spoilers. Just know that if you don't like myth retellings, it isn't that kind of retelling and that if you love the story or retellings, it's everything you want. And also, they are gay, Your Honor. 

Until August by Gabriel García Márquez

2.0

This Is Your Time by Ruby Bridges

hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

3.0

Heaven Official's Blessing: Tian Guan Ci Fu (Novel) Vol. 1 by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

adventurous funny lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Poems and Fragments by Sappho

emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

3.5

A Court of Frost and Starlight by Sarah J. Maas

dark hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

This book is what solidified my hatred of the main characters. It also feels very much like a buffer between the end of book 3 and what will happen with book 5, as if SJM had planned for it to end with 3 and her publisher wanted more. Luckily, there are enough characters to carry the books. 

Middlemarch by George Eliot
Did not finish book. Stopped at 11%.

This book is so boring. I cannot tell you what honestly happened or who was who. I was expecting Bridgerton and got The Crucible instead.